RAF Bassingbourn
Former military airbase in Cambridgeshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Royal Air Force Bassingbourn or more simply RAF Bassingbourn is a former Royal Air Force station located in Cambridgeshire approximately 3 mi (5 km) north of Royston, Hertfordshire and 11 mi (18 km) south west of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
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RAF Bassingbourn USAAF Station 121 | |||||||||||
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Royston, Cambridgeshire in England | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 52°05′48″N 000°03′11″W | ||||||||||
Type | Royal Air Force station * Parent Station | ||||||||||
Code | BS[1] | ||||||||||
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Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||||||
Operator | Royal Air Force[2] United States Army Air Forces United States Air Force | ||||||||||
Controlled by | RAF Bomber Command (1938-1942; 1951-1969) * No. 3 Group RAF * No. 6 (T) Group RAF * No. 7 (T) Group RAF * No. 92 (OTU) Group RAF Eighth Air Force (1942-1945) RAF Transport Command (1945-1949) United States Air Forces in Europe (1950-1953) British Army (1969 – present) | ||||||||||
Site history | |||||||||||
Built | 1937 (1937)/38 | ||||||||||
Built by | John Laing & Son Ltd | ||||||||||
In use | March 1938 - 2014 (2014) | ||||||||||
Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II Cold War | ||||||||||
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Elevation | 24 metres (79 ft)[1] AMSL | ||||||||||
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During the Second World War it served first as an RAF station and then as a bomber airfield of the Eighth Air Force, of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). It remains the home of the Tower Museum Bassingbourn.